How does one take the site offline

Just wondering if there is a radio button I missed when trying to take my site offline.  Right now i'm just using a custom index.html page.  I would like to be able to setup a private beta style site until we are ready to launch.  Is this possible?

Thanks

Chri

Not currently, although I have put together a free mod to do this.

The mod is finished and working, just need to tidy it up a little.

Give me a couple of days and I will post it up.

/DM

I'd really like to see this as I currently have an "open" site and would like to to be "offline" while I develop the site.  Look forward to the mod - if I don't give up on Dolphin7 in the meantime!

I have a maintainance mode mod that disables the entire site leaving it only accessable to admins logging in from the admin url. It may be a bit extreme for your needs.

http://www.boonex.com/unity/extensions/entry/Site_Maintenance_Mode_Mod

We prefer this method, as it allows the front end to work for testing or maintenance

for multiple users (you just need to know their IP address).

You can put this in the top of your .htaccess, and uncomment out the lines as needed (when you want the site to be offline).

If you don't need more than one IP, just enter in the one, uncomment it, and leave the others commented.  If you need more IPs, you can just add more lines.

If you are worried about PayPal IPNs being missed, you can allow the PayPal IPs also, you can get the IPs used for IPNs from the PayPal Developer Network.

Put the lines below the ==== in your .htaccess at the top.

Create a .php or .html file to redirect too.

When you need to activate it, uncomment out the lines as indicated

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# Create a maintenance.php file to show your users that your site is offline

# Can be maintenance.html if you wish also if you create and change the line below

# If ONLINE, all the lines in the block below should be commented

# If OFFLINE, edit in desired allowed IPs and uncomment

# Uncomment lines below as needed.

#Options +FollowSymLinks

#RewriteEngine On

#RewriteBase /

#RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^123\.123\.123\.123

#RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^123\.123\.123\.123

#RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^123\.123\.123\.123

#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/maintenance.php$

#RewriteRule $ /maintenance.php [R=302,L]